The 2026/27 season will commence soon and almost all of the players who will compete on the World Snooker Tour this term are now known.
Q School and Asia-Oceania Q School concluded recently, adding a fresh batch of players to the professional ranks ahead of the new campaign.
There will be a total of 128 professional players on the World Snooker Tour for the 2026/27 season, with only the winner of the African Snooker Championship yet to be determined.
The tour has therefore almost completely taken shape before what promises to be another hectic and trophy-laden period for the sport.
When is the first event of the 2026/27 snooker season?
The ranking event version of Championship League Snooker (June 22 to July 15) will once again provide the first opportunity to win silverware during the new term.
The behind-closed-doors event in Leicester has generally provided the launchpad for new seasons over the course of the last several years.
Before that, however, several players will be involved in qualifying with the preliminary rounds for the China Open and the Wuhan Open running from June 10 to 18 at the Mattioli Arena.
The opening weeks of the season are set to feature plenty of action on the baize, with established stars, returning professionals, and tour rookies all eager to make a strong start.
Here is a rundown of the players who you will be able to follow on the World Snooker Tour during the 2026/27 season.
2026/27 professional snooker players
Top 64 from the rankings
- Judd Trump (England)
- Neil Robertson (Australia)
- Zhao Xintong (China)
- Wu Yize (China)
- John Higgins (Scotland)
- Shaun Murphy (England)
- Mark Williams (Wales)
- Kyren Wilson (England)
- Mark Selby (England)
- Barry Hawkins (England)
- Xiao Guodong (China)
- Mark Allen (Northern Ireland)
- Chris Wakelin (England)
- Ronnie O’Sullivan (England)
- Ding Junhui (China)
- Si Jiahui (China)
- Jack Lisowski (England)
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Thailand)
- Elliot Slessor (England)
- Zhang Anda (China)
- Stuart Bingham (England)
- Ali Carter (England)
- Zhou Yuelong (China)
- Gary Wilson (England)
- Pang Junxu (China)
- Lei Peifan (China)
- Joe O’Connor (England)
- Hossein Vafaei (Iran)
- Stephen Maguire (Scotland)
- Yuan Sijun (China)
- David Gilbert (England)
- Jak Jones (Wales)
- Jimmy Robertson (England)
- Xu Si (China)
- Jackson Page (Wales)
- Tom Ford (England)
- Ryan Day (Wales)
- Anthony McGill (Scotland)
- Ben Woollaston (England)
- Stan Moody (England)
- Aaron Hill (Ireland)
- Zak Surety (England)
- Matthew Selt (England)
- Luca Brecel (Belgium)
- Daniel Wells (Wales)
- Noppon Saengkham (Thailand)
- He Guoqiang (China)
- Chang Bingyu (China)
- Matthew Stevens (Wales)
- Long Zehuang (China)
- Michael Holt (England)
- Martin O’Donnell (England)
- Oliver Lines (England)
- Ricky Walden (England)
- Scott Donaldson (Scotland)
- Robbie Williams (England)
- Fan Zhengyi (China)
- Liu Hongyu (China)
- Ishpreet Singh Chadha (India)
- David Lilley (England)
- Lyu Haotian (China)
- Ben Mertens (Belgium)
- Jamie Jones (Wales)
- Jordan Brown (Northern Ireland)
Two-year tour card holders (2025/26 and 2026/27)
- Jiang Jun (China)
- Liam Pullen (England)
- Louis Heathcote (England)
- Liam Highfield (England)
- Marco Fu (Hong Kong)
- Sam Craigie (England)
- Iulian Boiko (Ukraine)
- Dylan Emery (Wales)
- Steven Hallworth (England)
- David Grace (England)
- Gao Yang (China)
- Ian Burns (England)
- Michal Szubarczyk (Poland)
- Lan Yuhao (China)
- Yao Pengcheng (China)
- Xu Yichen (China)
- Zhao Hanyang (China)
- Reanne Evans (England)
- Liu Wenwei (China)
- Ross Muir (Scotland)
- Mateusz Baranowski (Poland)
- Leone Crowley (Ireland)
- Liam Graham (Scotland)
- Connor Benzey (England)
- Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland)
- Fergal Quinn (Northern Ireland)
- Chatchapong Nasa (Thailand)
- Oliver Brown (England)
- Florian Nuessle (Austria)
- Jimmy White (England)
- Ng On Yee (Hong Kong)
- Sahil Nayyar (Canada)
- Mahmoud El Hareedy (Egypt)
Top four from the 2025/26 one-year ranking list
- Alfie Burden (England)
- Antoni Kowalski (Poland)
- Julien Leclercq (Belgium)
- Artemijs Zizins (Latvia)
Q School
- Cheung Ka Wai (Hong Kong)
- Phil O’Kane (England)
- Sean O’Sullivan (England)
- Liam Davies (Wales)
- Stuart Carrington (England)
- Mitchell Mann (England)
- Andrew Higginson (England)
- Gong Chenzhi (China)
Asia-Oceania Q School
- Deng Haohui (China)
- Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (Thailand)
- Huang Jiahao (China)
- Liu Yang (China)
WPBSA Q Tour
- Jamie Clarke (Wales)
- Ashley Carty (England)
- Ashley Hugill (England)
- Craig Steadman (England)
WSF Champion
- Hammad Miah (England)
WSF Under-18 Champion
- Michael Larkov (Ukraine)
World Women’s Snooker qualifiers
- Panchaya Channoi (Thailand)
- Bai Yulu (China)
EBSA European champions
- Anton Kazakov (Ukraine)
- Oliver Sykes (England)
Asia-Pacific champion
- Paul Norris (England)
Pan-American champion
- Igor Figueiredo (Brazil)
African champion
- TBC
CBSA China Tour
- Wang Xinbo (China)
- Luo Zetao (China)
Featured photo credit: WST
